The sky was a dull gray. Buildings lay in ruins. Skyscrapers that once symbolized prosperity had collapsed, and burning structures foretold the slow death of human civilization.
A wave of foul, bloody stench mixed with miserable crying, pleas for help, curses, and wails drifted in through a half-open window.
The outside world had already turned into hell… a hell where people ate people.
Enduring the nauseating stench, Lux leaned close to the window and carefully observed the hell outside.
Three middle-aged men were gathered around a mangled corpse whose gender could no longer be identified, tearing into it with abandon. They had lost all rationality and become zombies.
That's right. The world Lux was in had suffered a biohazard outbreak. Like something straight out of a movie, in less than two days every country on the planet had collapsed.
The reason the window was left half open was actually part of Lux's test.
If the zombie virus spread through the air, then there was no point struggling. Sooner or later he would turn anyway. Better to avoid being bitten alive and just become a zombie to eat others instead.
But two days passed and Lux did not get infected. He had run a fever, but thanks to his strong immune system, he survived.
At the very least, this confirmed the virus was not airborne, but spread through saliva and blood.
However, what he had observed about zombies over these two days made him even more unwilling to risk his life outside.
The main reason was simple: he only had a single fruit knife at home. It probably wouldn't even kill a zombie instantly if he stabbed it in the head. The fear of being bitten alive by zombies terrified him.
"Seriously, is the world messing with me? Just one month after transmigrating and it turns into this. Shit!"
Lux complained bitterly.
Yes, he was a transmigrator. He had arrived in this world a month ago, as a lonely office worker with no family.
He owned a ninety-square-meter apartment and had a small amount of savings.
With the mindset of "since I'm here, I'll live with it," he continued a routine of takeout, sugary drinks, work, grinding games, and sleeping — a monotonous four section life.
Who would've thought that one month later this damned world would erupt into a biohazard.
After glancing once more at the corpse outside being treated as lunch, Lux gathered his courage and grabbed a piece of wire.
"Goodbye! I'm done with this shit!!!"
After shouting his last words, Lux jammed the wire into the power socket.
The intense pain of electrocution surged into Lux's brain in an instant, like sharp blades slicing through it.
At the same time, he heard a mechanical voice filled with schadenfreude.
[Summoning system has received sufficient energy. Activation begins now.]
DAMN IT ALL!!!
Lux cursed unwillingly in his mind. So his transmigration cheat activated right before death? If this got out, other transmigrators would laugh him to death. He was probably the dumbest transmigrator ever… dying right on the path to activating his cheat.
Well, no need to worry about embarrassment anymore. He was about to die anyway.
With that optimistic thought, Lux's consciousness fell into darkness.
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"Ahaha! I'm totally posting the commander's pathetic scene on the forum. This is hilarious. Kukuku, I'll finally ascend to the throne of an eighteenth-level forum boss."
In his haze, Lux vaguely heard a cheerful voice. Judging from the content, it was an extremely vile act. If he remembered right… this was called shitposting.
"Hey, Commander, please wake up."
A sharp pain struck his face, and Lux reflexively sat straight up.
Opening his eyes, he saw a white-haired girl in a sharply black-and-blue military uniform staring at him. In her hands was a rifle — HK416.
"That's good. Commander, it seems you've regained consciousness. HK416. Remember that name, Commander."
The white-haired girl said calmly.
"That's great! Did I make it to the anime world?!"
Lux lunged forward excitedly and hugged HK416. A faint smell of gunpowder lingered on her body.
"Commander, it appears your neural system suffered confusion from the electrical shock. While I personally do not object to hugging, I suggest you clean your body first."
HK416's calm tone wavered slightly, but she did not push Lux away.
"Ahahahaha! The electrified idiot commander wakes up and immediately force-hugs HK416. I can already see my post hitting the front page!"
From the side came the lively voice Lux had heard earlier. Turning his head, he saw another white-haired girl with long shawl-like hair, dressed mainly in black with pink and dark blue accents. A beauty… or perhaps a foul-smelling corpse flower? MDR was furiously tapping on her phone.
A bad feeling immediately rose in Lux's chest.
If there was a king of shitposting in G&K, it was definitely MDR.
"Hey!!! What exactly are you planning to post?! If that goes up, I'll socially die, won't I?!"
Lux pounced forward, trying to snatch MDR's phone. MDR lightly sidestepped, evading his grab.
"Oh my, Commander's animal instincts are awakening. After HK416 fell victim to the Commander, now Miss MDR's chastity is also in danger."
MDR teased, covering her cherry-red lips with her phone.
Clang.
A dull impact rang out as MDR clutched her head and crouched down in pain.
"HK416! What are you doing?!"
Clearly, HK416 had seized the moment and smashed MDR to the ground with the rifle butt.
"Commander, having me is enough. Please give the order."
HK416 coldly aimed her gun at the crouching MDR. MDR's arrogance vanished instantly.
"H-H-HK416, Commander, l-let's talk this out, okay?"
"Wait, HK, don't shoot. Just give me her phone. Please, don't shoot."
Lux shouted pleadingly from the floor. HK416 sighed, snatched the phone from MDR, and tossed it to Lux.
"Huh? No signal?"
Lux glanced at the screen. There was a draft saved — exactly what MDR had threatened to post — but without a network connection, it hadn't been uploaded.
"Such malicious behavior warrants immediate execution. Please give the order, Commander."
HK416 said coldly.
"Wait, wait, she didn't actually post it. I still haven't figured out what's going on."
"Having me is enough, isn't it, Commander?"
HK416 turned her head toward Lux.